| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 427 pages). |
| Series |
Texts and studies on the Qurʼan,
1567-2808 ;
volume 16
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Texts and studies on the Qurʼān ; v. 16.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"In The Semantics of Qurʼanic Language: al-Āḫira, Ghassan el Masri offers a semantic study of the concept al-Āḫira 'the End' in the Qurʼān. The study is prefaced with a detailed account of the late antique concept of etymologia (Semantic Etymology). In his work, he demonstrates the necessity of this concept for appreciating the Qurʼān's rhetorical strategies for claiming discursive authority in the Abrahamic theological tradition. The author applies the etymological tool to his investigation of the theological significance of al-āḫira, and concludes that the concept is polysemous, and tolerates a large variety of interpretations. The work is unique in that it draws extensively on Biblical material and presents a plethora of pre-Islamic poetry verses in the analysis of the concept"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Etymology, Historic and Semantic -- 3. Arabian Terms and Notions -- 4. Time between Beginning and End -- 5. Biblical Vocabulary -- 6. The Qurʼanic Shifts -- 7. The Middle Meccan Period -- 8. The Late Meccan Period -- 9. The Medinan Developments -- 10. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Occurrences of the Root ʼ-ḫ-r and their Correlates -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Qurʼan -- Language, style.
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Coran -- Style. |
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Qurʼan |
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Future life -- Islam -- Qurʼanic teaching.
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Language and languages -- Style |
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Future life -- Islam -- Qurʼanic teaching |
| Other Form: |
Print version: El Masri, Ghasssan. The Semantics of Qurʼanic language Boston : Brill, 2020. 9789004427990 (DLC) 2020011421 |
| ISBN |
9004428038 electronic book |
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9789004428034 (electronic bk.) |
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9789004427990 hardcover |
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